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May. 21, 2008
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Indictment says Aryan Warriors killed one inmate, stabbed another

By DAVID KIHARA
REVIEW-JOURNAL

Federal prosecutors filed an updated indictment Tuesday against more than a dozen suspects they say belong to a white supremacy prison gang accused of murder, bribing guards and trafficking drugs.

The latest indictment alleges that members of the Aryan Warriors, including ringleader Ronald "Joey" Sellers, killed an inmate in 2006 and stabbed another member of the white supremacy prison gang in 2007.

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    • It accuses Sellers and others of killing inmate Anthony Beltran on Dec. 28, 2006. It also accuses Sellers, James Milton Wallis and others of stabbing Guy Almony multiple times.

    Almony, who was indicted with the others in July, was stabbed six times with a homemade knife at the North Las Vegas Detention Center on Nov. 30, 2007.

    The original July indictment accused the Aryan Warriors suspects of a variety of crimes, including bribing public officials with drugs and money as well as extorting prisoners and their relatives.

    Six of those indicted were serving time at Ely State Prison or High Desert State Prison in Indian Springs, about 45 miles northwest of Las Vegas, at the time of the July indictment.

    The gang has operated in the Nevada prison system for at least 17 years, but some experts claim they were active for more than 30 years.

    The Aryan Warriors were first involved in protecting white inmates and promoting white supremacy in Nevada's prisons.

    They eventually became involved in drug dealing and other illegal activity, authorities said.

    Contact reporter David Kihara at dkihara@reviewjournal.com or 702-380-1039.



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    To Herb wrote on May 21, 2008 02:51 PM: That has to be the stupidest comment I have ever read. I challenge you to give evidence of that ridiculous assertion. Stay off that KooL-Aid


    WahhhWahhh wrote on May 21, 2008 11:02 AM: Hmmm...the prison industry is a very profitable business. We can thank the elected "representatives" from our so-called "civilized" society for this. Maybe try turning some of your ire to the nearest politician instead of whining about the messes they continually create.

    The good need very little government. The bad are patently ungovernable. Remember this at the voting booth BEFORE you vote for some new "program" that will "fix" whatever somebody has told you is a problem.


    NoMoreCorruption wrote on May 21, 2008 10:37 AM: The warden at Ely State Prison must be fired. He is a danger to the public.


    Hold on a minute! wrote on May 21, 2008 10:36 AM: Anthony Beltran was stabbed IN HIS CELL by ONE cell mate. No one else was there. He was in handcuffs when he was stabbed, so how can they blame three or more people? Is it a conspiracy charge? This article is poorly written and unclear.


    Herb wrote on May 21, 2008 10:03 AM: This just goes to show the inmates run the asylum. There should NOT be prison gangs in the first place. The punishment for joining a prison gang should be DEATH. We can thank the ACLU for prison gangs, they defend them as a form of self expression.


    ET wrote on May 21, 2008 09:20 AM: The Aryans are tough in prison and never last long out of prison,so as the guards come and go, the prisoners are always around, its there world, fortunate for us they like it there, an should stay on as lifers, forever.


    Mama Bear wrote on May 21, 2008 08:58 AM: Who is SUPPOSEDLY in charge of this facility? And, if judges can get paid off by fat cat lobbyists, who is to say that some of the inmnates were incarcerated erroneously? See George Knapp's story on today's Channel 8 site. http://www.lasvegasnow.com/global/story.asp?s=8356834


    toosad wrote on May 21, 2008 06:33 AM: variety of crimes, including bribing public officials with drugs and money as well as extorting prisoners and their relatives,bribing guards and trafficking drugs
    And the guards should receive same time jail time what they did was more criminal, they allowed it to happen